Rick Ross was the birth of an entirely new era and music scene in Miami. I felt like it was a new day, time, and era. Take me back to the day you shot the video for “Hustlin'” and driving from South Beach to Carol City during the making of the video.
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Once it hit seven figures, that was just the start of it all. By the time I released a hit record, I had every record label in the business wanting to do business with me, which caused a bidding war. I’m just gonna ride shotgun around with you if you moving around, hustling, in the streets, Circle House or if we going by Poe Boy studios, I’m just riding with you. It was because he had the time to come visit me in Miami and not just for a meeting, but whatever I was doing. He was the deal closer in that situation. If it wasn’t for Shakir Stewart, I’m positive I wouldn’t have signed to Def Jam Records. Talk about the relationship you had with him and why that had such an impact on your career. I’d be remiss not to mention the fallen Def Jam executive Shakir Stewart who signed you to the label. When it’s 20 years later of doing solid business with real individuals, that’s when you see the boss Rick Ross and the position that he’s in. Those are the relationships you connect and that’s what comes with networking. I met a young Remy Ma when she was in The Bronx projects and that was through street n-as before I ever got on.
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I did that on the East Coast in New York City. I just knew that when I go to California, I can smoke good. That’s what you establish first as an artist. It’s really about solidifying the relationships, knowing when he come to Miami, he got artists he could depend on. When you young and hungry as I was - and ‘Ye was at that time - it’s not even about the money. I could’ve bought one of them man’s beats for $5,000. That’s just one of many that came back many years later. I just saw her Jordans and we went through beats. We didn’t talk radio and I didn’t know she was into that. I said, “Damn, she doing her thing - and she a bigwig and she into hip-hop.” That’s how we met. This wasn’t anyone I was familiar with at the time, and she had a lot of cool Jordans. I came to the studio, and I sat with them going through beats and a lot of different stuff. Dre from Cool & Dre called me with an artist he was working with, so I could come to the studio. At the time, when I was a younger artist, I never would’ve known how these same relationships would re-emerge and come back and forth. The pen introduced me to a lot of different people. Going back to these ghostwriting days - how did they better serve you to become the artist that you are today? DJ Bigga Rankin in Jacksonville, DJ Smallz in Tampa Bay and wherever it was going down at, I just made sure to insert myself to not miss nothing. Anything that was going on from Tallahassee to Miami. It’s beautiful, but that wordplay meant a lot to me - so I went to TJ’s. Miami music was always outdoors with the beach and turn-up with chicks twerking with a vibe and uptempo. So I would go to Tallahassee and anywhere else in small parts of Florida because there wasn’t a lot going hip-hop-wise as far as the mainstream in Miami. So whatever was happening, which was limited, you had to be a part of. That was Rozay and like you said, TJ’s DJ’s… Florida had a very limited hip-hop circle.
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According to Soundscan, the album has sold 857,000 copies to date.Man, that was the roadrunner. Port of Miami was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 8, 2006, with over 500,000 copies.
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This track samples the song "Push It to the Limit" from the movie Scarface. The album's second single, "Push It", produced by J. The remix version features Jay-Z and Young Jeezy. The album's first single, "Hustlin' ", received an exorbitant amount of airplay. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 187,000 copies sold in its first week. The album was engineered by Miami-based songwriting and production team The Monsters & The Strangerz. The album was released August 8, 2006, on Slip-n-Slide Records, Def Jam Recordings and Poe Boy Entertainment. Originally titled Career Criminal, the album was renamed, in reference to Miami being a major arrival destination for cocaine shipments to America. Port of Miami is the debut studio album by American rapper Rick Ross.